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Burhan Yildiz, a leader of more than 4,000 Kurds living in the Stockholm suburbs of Tensta and Rinkeby, claims he knows people who voted this year for the Sweden Democrats, the nationalist party whose improving electoral performance has thrown Swedish politics into disarray. By – Leonid Bershidsky “They are angry about the criminality,” Yildiz said of the nationalists’ local voters. “They think ...

The grave of a young Swedish girl murdered in the Stockholm truck attack, perpetrated by illegal immigrant Rakhmat Akilov, has been defaced several times by another illegal immigrant whom the Swedish authorities have been unable to expel, the 11-year-old’s livid father claimed. By – Europe Over the past year, the grave of 11-year-old Ebba Åkerlund, one of the victims of the Stockholm truck attack ...

After three decades service on Sweden’s railways, Matta Brahim retired to volunteer on the council of Sodertalje’s St Thomas Church and a quiet life helping the transplanted community settle in a peaceful corner of Europe. By – Gareth Browne The church has become a focal point for the thousands of Assyrians who have fled the Middle East in waves over four ...

New Muslim Immigrants will be taken to volunteers defense organizations when they come to Sweden. That proposes by the Alliance parties in a riksdag motion. The parties argue that defense organizations can have an important “role in integration efforts”. By – Brünnhilde In Sweden there are 18 voluntary defense organizations working with the country’s civilian and military defense. The organizations recruit and train volunteers ...

The Uzbek man who rammed a stolen truck into a pedestrian in downtown Stockholm last spring — an attack that killed five and injured 14 — was officially charged Tuesday with terrorism. By – foxnews.com Rakhmat Akilov was arrested several hours after he drove a stolen beer truck into a crowd of shoppers on a busy pedestrian street on April 7. ...

Cars and other vehicles “have turned into deadly weapons”, and should be banished from cities to stop attacks like the one in Stockholm from happening in future, according to Aftonbladet editorialist Eva Franchell. Via: Virginia Hale Crackdowns on immigration or extremist ideology are not the way forward when it comes to terror prevention, according to the veteran journalist, writing after Friday’s terror ...

A Swedish police chief is being hauled in front of the country’s Attorney General for daring to suggest that Islamic extremists should be deported. Via: friatider.se Erik Nord, chief of Gothenburg police, said in a tweet: ‘Not that it would have stopped Friday night’s attack, but shouldn’t we be able to withdraw visas from those who support violent extremism?’ In response, ...

Thousands of Swedes gathered in Stockholm and cities around the country for a minute silence on Monday King Carl XVI Gustaf led out members of Sweden’s royal family and politicians for vigil at Stockholm city hall Prime Minister Stefan Löfven told victim’s families: ‘You are not alone. All of Sweden stands with you’ Four people died and 15 more were ...